Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, David A. Michelson and Nathan P. Gibson, (eds.), "Sauma, Rabban — ܪܒܢ ܨܘܡܐ " in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/721 Ṣawma, Rabban Sauma, Rabban ܪܒܢ ܨܘܡܐ Rabban Sauma ܨܘܡܐ ṣawmā Sauma Ṣaumā Sauma Ṣawma, Rabban http://syriaca.org/person/721 http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_721 http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91-127261 http://viaf.org/viaf/98182009 http://viaf.org/viaf/41027273 http://viaf.org/viaf/218255125 http://viaf.org/viaf/45104887 http://viaf.org/viaf/226583917 http://viaf.org/viaf/89688160 http://viaf.org/viaf/223650625 http://viaf.org/viaf/196810544 http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=R&sK=Rabban Sauma&sT=keywords Ṣawma was a monk of the Ch. of E. who, sometime around 1275, set out from Dadu (also known as Khān Bālīq, i.e. modern Beijing) in his native China with a younger disciple, Markos, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. In hagiography: Sauma, Rabban is commemorated as the monastic teacher and travelling companion of the monk Markos who became the catholicos Yahbalaha III. Acting on behalf of the catholicos, Rabban Sauma travelled to Constantinople, Rome and even Paris. 13th cent. Church of the East Author Saint Sauma, Rabban is commemorated in Yahballaha and Sauma (text). J. P. Amar Ṣawma, Rabban The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 360-361 A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Rabban Sauma Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 689 Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte 325